Electrochemically Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

Control of polymer initiation, propagation and termination is important in the development of complex polymer structures and advanced materials. Typically, this has been achieved chemically, electrochemically, photochemically or mechanochemically. Electrochemical control has been demonstrated in radical polymerizations; however, regulation of a cationic polymerization has yet to be achieved. Through the reversible oxidation of a polymer chain...